[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 3729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1930]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration


Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given of a meeting 
of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) National Advisory 
Council to be held in February 2002. A portion of the meeting is open 
and includes discussion of the Center's policy issues and current 
administrative, legislative, and program developments. The Council will 
hear feature presentations by SAMHSA's Administrator Charles Curie, 
M.A., A.C.S.W., and CSAT Director H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., 
CAS, FASAM. Significant issues to be discussed with the Council include 
Trauma and Substance Abuse; Mental Health: Culture, Race, and 
Ethnicity--A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon 
General; Parity; Guidance for Applicants (GFA) Update and Evaluation 
Review; the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and its 
impact on substance abuse; an information exchange on the New Freedom 
Initiative; status reports on HIV/AIDS; OPIOID Accreditation; 
Buprenorhphine; CSAT's Faith and Community Partners Initiative; 
Healthcare Professional Impairment; and Health Disparities.
    The meeting will also include the review, discussion, and 
evaluation of grant applications. Therefore a portion of the meeting 
will be closed to the public as determined by the Administrator, 
SAMHSA, in accordance with Title 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), and (6) and 5 U.S.C. 
App. 2, section 10(d).
    If special accommodations are needed for persons with disabilities, 
please notify the contact person listed below. Substantive program 
information, a summary of the meeting and roster of Council members may 
also be obtained from the contact person.

    Committee Name: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, National 
Advisory Council.
    Meeting Date: February 21, 2002--9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. February 22, 
2002--8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
    Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda Hotel, One Bethesda Metro, 
Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
    Type:
    Open: February 21, 2002--9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
    Closed: February 22, 2002--8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
    Open: February 22, 2002--9:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
    Contact: Cynthia Graham, 5600 Fishers Lane, RW II, Ste 619, 
Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-8923; FAX: (301) 480-6077, 
E-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: January 18, 2002.
Toian Vaughn,
Committee Management Officer, Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-1930 Filed 1-24-02; 8:45 am]
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